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- Backpacking 101 at Mousetail Landing S.P. – November 8-10, 2013
- Biking at Moore Woods – October 12-13, 2013
- Natchez Trace S.P. – Program Planning – September 13-15, 2013
- Flat Water Canoeing at Camp Currier - August 17-18, 2013
- Summer Adventure – July 25-27, 2013
- Noah Montgomery Now an Eagle Scout - June 27, 2013
- Eastern District Camporee – April 5-7, 2013
- Barry Moore – Latest Recipient of the Silver Beaver
- Camporee Practice at the Sartor Farm – March 1-3, 2013
- Welcome to New Scout and Committee Members – February 23, 2013
- Backpacking on the Butterfield Hiking Trail – Devil’s Den S.P. - February 8-10, 2013
- Welcome to Nine New Scouts – February 13, 2013
- Scout Sunday – January 27, 2013
- Welcome to New Member of Troop 48 - Alex Vietzke
Our 63rd and 64th Eagle Scouts – November 12, 2013 Mitchell Moore and Daniel Sartor became our 63rd and 64th Eagle Scouts. Mitchell, son of Mr. and Mrs. Barry Moore, created three picnic tables and a gravel picnic area for Faith Presbyterian Church. Daniel, son of Mr. and Mrs. Mark Sartor, built shelves to support band equipment at Schilling Farms Middle School. Let’s congratulate these young men. Backpacking 101 at Mousetail Landing S.P. – November 8-10, 2013 Twenty Scouts and nine adults backpacked seven miles over two days at this State Park. For 13 of these Scouts, it was their first time backpacking. After a Friday night low of 34 degrees we awoke to partly cloudy skies along the Tennessee River. After hiking for 5.3 miles we arrived at Shelter #1 at about 4:30 p.m. After pitching our tents each patrol prepared their dinner. After dinner some of the Scouts went to bed while others assembled around the campfire. But by 9:30 all had departed to quiet slumber. After a good nine plus hours of sleep, we awoke to the sun rising and a morning of 53 degrees. In just two hours the Scouts were ready for the 1.7 mile hike to the cars. With a pace of almost 2.5 M.P.H. the Scouts arrived at the cars and celebrated a successful weekend. Biking at Moore Woods – October 12-13, 2013 Mountain biking was on the bill for the Scouts who attended this trip. With beautiful fall weather the guys had a great time. Interspersed were meatball heroes for lunch, baked ziti for dinner and sausage, cheese and egg biscuits for breakfast. All of these items camp-made by the Scouts. Natchez Trace S.P. – Program Planning – September 13-15, 2013 Our annual calendar planning session was conducted at a new campsite for Troop 48. At the suggestion of Mr. Brent Snyder, we had reserved the Scout area and the nearby pavilion. And what a great area it was. Since we had arrived at 10 p.m. we could not see the beauty of the campsite. But come dawn we were greeted by the sun rising over the lake at the foot of our campsite. What a sight! After breakfast the P.L.C. went off to create the Troop activity calendar for the next 12 months. Simultaneously, the Scouts worked on individual advancement activities. Throughout the day the Scouts enjoyed great food and wonderful weather. On Saturday evening, a great campfire program was offered by the patrols and emceed by our SPL, Hayden. On Sunday morning a vesper service was held, the roses and thorns were communicated and we departed for home. Flat Water Canoeing at Camp Currier - August 17-18, 2013 In what turned out to be the coolest weekend of August in Mississippi the Troop spent the Saturday canoeing and kayaking on the lake at Camp Currier. Many a Scout was able to experience canoeing or kayaking for the first time. But once dinner was over, and those pesky mosquitoes appeared, it was off to bed for everyone. Just as well as everyone was tuckered out. Summer Adventure – July 25-27, 2013 On Friday July 26th the Troop canoed 10 miles on the Harpeth River, passing by the historic "Narrows on the Harpeth”, experienced zipping between trees - in the tree tops - on a true aerial adventure through a forest, and a midnight climbing adventure where Scouts climbed on over 12,000 square feet of climbing surface on 40' high walls until they gave out! Some even tried their hands, and strength, with "bouldering". All this, canoeing, zip-lining and climbing, in one action-packed day. We'd like to thank our Troop 1 hosts, at Brentwood United Methodist Church, for allowing us to bed down in their youth fellowship hall on Thursday night! Troop 1 is one of the oldest continuously chartered Troops in America, founded in 1910! Thanks to the men and dads who participated and made this adventure possible. Noah Montgomery Now an Eagle Scout - June 27, 2013 Today we learned that Noah has been approved as the Troop’s 62nd Eagle Scout. Congratulations Noah. Summer Camp at Skymont Scout Reservation – June 8-15, 2013 Twenty-four Scouts and eight adults spent a week at Skymont S.R. near Manchester, Tennessee. This year we took 50% more Scouts than last year which included Scouts from 11 through 16 years of age. The first weekend was rainy which did not bode well for the week but come Monday evening the rain was behind us for the rest of the week. Besides the usual merit badge classes and a first year Scout program Scouts enjoyed climbing, archery, rifle and shotgun shooting, boating, swimming and jumping onto and off of The Blob. In the evenings many of the Scouts sat around the campfire and talked and at times YELLED. But come 10 p.m. taps was played by Alex C., who is practicing to become our next Troop bugler. On two evenings about a dozen Scouts went on a cot hike. What’s a cot hike? Well, that’s when the Scouts hike their cots over to the fire and fall asleep to the burning embers? Because Skymont has few mosquitoes this is a pleasant experience. This hike seemed to put the kibosh on a few cases of domestic nostalgia. On each morning Alex C. blew reveille on his trumpet. Reveille has a fast tempo that Alex had not perfected yet but come Friday it sounded almost as good as when Mr. Snyder played it. Alex is going to make a fine Troop bugler soon. On Wednesday night the camp staff had a night off and the Troop cooked its own meal in the campsite. The camp provided all of the ingredients for hobo meals which included a hamburger patty, onions, carrots, potatoes and seasonings. This was all wrapped in a foil packet and cooked on the charcoal briquettes. To prepare, assignments were given to the patrol leaders. The new Scouts were coached on vegetable chopping by Alex C. The Tortugas patrol had responsibility for building the charcoal fire. With 32 hungry people they had to lay a good base of briquettes. While this work was going on our Higher Adventurers, those who are at least 14 and 1st Class, planned out a year’s worth of high adventure trips. Included were waterskiing, whitewater rafting, backpacking and a fly-fishing weekend. The meals turned out well and we cleaned up before heading down to the chapel for our annual summer camp photo and the vespers service. At the end of the service Alex C. played taps. Friday was the day that our new Scouts took a five mile hike to Eagles Bluff and everyone began to pack up for the trip home. In the afternoon there was the annual staff vs. leaders’ volleyball tournament. This year the leaders redeemed their selves by whipping the staff by winning three games straight. After that the camp-wide games began. At the waterfront our canoe tug-o-war team of Jack and Justin and our ring find entrant, Brent, won first place. And in the tread water without arms event Alex V. earned third place. After the water events we participated in the land events but we did not do well with them. That evening the Troop assembled for the camp-wide campfire. Our Scouts put on a skit and we were recognized for having the highest campsite inspection score as well as earning the Montosky Moccasin Award. We earned the Montosky due to our engagement in merit badge classes, the Polaris program, our two service projects, leading a song in the dining hall, participating in the camp-wide games and putting on that skit. The campfire ended and the Scouts returned to get a good night’s sleep as reveille would be very early. In the morning we ate breakfast and had our usual roses and thorns. Even after 8 days together there were still 40% of our Scouts who had no thorns. Surely a testament to all of the fun things the camp had to offer. Plus, the food was good too. Eastern District Camporee – April 5-7, 2013 Troop 48 performed well at the Eastern District Camporee. With our three regular patrols we placed or tied for 1st place in three of the 12 events. (Out of 54 patrols.) With our two new Scout patrols we placed or tied for 1st place in two of the events. (Out of 14 patrols.) The District Camporee is where 500 Scouts across 68 patrols participated in events designed to test the Scouts’ knowledge of Scout skills. We had 33 of our 34 Scouts present, across five patrols, which was just a fraction of the approximately 500 Scouts present. Add another 200 adults and it was a large turnout on a glorious April weekend. The Camporee started with a bang when the Knight patrol, led by Hayden, earned 1st place in the camp gadget contest. Then came Saturday morning where four of the Dragon patrol members, Kyle, Mitchell, Noah and Jack, presented the colors at the opening ceremony. Next, Kyle co-emceed the Saturday campfire. Then on Sunday, our chaplain’s aide Noah participated in the camp-wide morning vespers service. With 33 Scouts in red Troop T-shirts and our high participation we surely made an impression. As for the competitive events here is how the patrols made out:
It was a good showing for a great group of young men who showed what practice can accomplish. Barry Moore – Latest Recipient of the Silver Beaver The Silver Beaver Award is the council-level distinguished service award of the Boy Scouts of America. Recipients of this award are registered adult leaders who have made an impact on the lives of youth through service given to the council and the community. The award is given to those who implement the Scouting program and perform community service through hard work, self-sacrifice, dedication, and many years of service. On Thursday March 21st, our own Barry Moore, assistant Scoutmaster, received this award as part of the Class of 2012. Barry was recognized, not only for his years of leadership in Scouting, but for his many outside community involvement activities. His biography, written by fellow Scouter named Bob Greenwald, tells it all. (See below.) Barry joins Lloyd Church, Ed Provine and Brian Issing as other registered Troop 48 adults who have received this recognition. To see the complete list of Troop recipients click here http://troop48.org/f/docs/SilverBeaver.html Barry Moore is a true Memphian. Born and raised here, he has demonstrated, throughout his life, a great concern for the wellbeing of this community at large and its citizens’ health and welfare. Barry retired from 30+ years serving the Shelby County Health Department, where he developed the first Bio-terrorism Response Plan for the county and managed the Public Health Emergency Preparedness Program. He currently is an independent contractor as a Food Safety and Risk Management specialist. In 2001, Barry helped form and was chairman of the Collierville Environmental Commission and later was appointed to the West Tennessee Seismic Safety Commission and continues with that work to this present day. In 2002, He was the Tennessee Public Health Worker of the Year. Collierville is where Barry now resides with his wife Donna. They have 2 children: Leslie is 23 and married and Mitchell is 17, a Life Scout with Troop 48 and a junior at Collierville High School. Barry has had a diverse group of interests over the years and supplies Leadership in all he does. The list includes coaching basketball, softball, baseball and soccer youth leagues for 16 years and now is Head Coach of the Collierville High School Trap Team. His dedication to Scouting has spanned 45 years as a BSA member. He started in 1965 as a Cub Scout with Pack 37 in Whitehaven and joined Troop 48 where he earned Eagle rank in 1973. Barry served as Scoutmaster for Troop 48 for 13 years, and another 9 years as assistant Scoutmaster. He completed Wood Badge Course SE-301 and later served as a Course instructor. He has basically started or restarted 4 Scouting Units. First, restarting Troop 48 after a charter organization change formed and was Chartered Organization rep for The Delta Amateur Radio Club’s Explorer Post 903, formed and was committee chair serving Germantown Baptist Troop 99 and Pack 99, and formed and serves as Crew Advisor for Crew 828 of the Collierville H.S. Trap Team. Barry also has served as a Webelos Encampment Chair and is currently the Eastern District 2013 Camporee Chair. His Scout training report shows 32 entries ranging from 1980 to present. Barry has numerous other affiliations including an Amateur Radio Emergency Service License, Community Emergency Response Team Volunteer and an ordained deacon at Germantown Baptist Church. While quiet and unassuming, he is passionate about serving the youth of our community and leading them in a positive direction. You can hear him quote “This is all about the boys”. Camporee Practice at the Sartor Farm – March 1-3, 2013 A cold weekend was forecasted for the first weekend of March and Troop 48 had nine new Scouts signed up to attend their first camping trip. Luckily, most of their dads had also signed up so things were looking good. The Sartor Farm is over 300 acres in size and is located outside of Hornsby, Tenn. Mark and Faye Sartor purchased the property last year and Mark invited us to camp on it for our Camporee practice weekend. When we planned this trip, back in the warm month of September, we did not know that it would be the coldest camping trip in two decades. But I am getting away from myself. For the first time in memory we assembled on Friday night to snow flurries. As we drove eastward those flurries became thicker and the temperature hovered around freezing. While pitching our tents the flurries continued. And then after retiring the snow changed to sleet which made a very unique sound on the tent fly. One that I had not heard in a few decades. The next morning we arose to clouds and more snow flurries. In fact, the flurries stayed with us all day except for a twenty minute outbreak of sun that afternoon. All the while the wind blew and did its best to chill us. But we persevered. The Scouts kept warm by working on their Camporee events and standing by the fire between their activities. After 5 p.m. the Scouts retreated to their patrol sites to cook their dinners. Jon L., of the Knight patrol, was working to finish up his 1st Class cooking requirements and he made a very good looking baked ziti in the Dutch oven. It was quite tasty too. In the Python and Phoenix patrols the troop guides were teaching the new Scouts the basics of cooking. In the Dragon patrol they experimented with using Chicken and Waffles flavored Lay’s Potato Chips as a coating for their chicken and they hit pay dirt with it. And finally, the Tortugas were cooking up a favorite. After dinner we had an organized campfire program led by Tristan. During it each patrol led several skits and songs. At the end of the program Mr. Provine and I led three choruses of Scouts’ Vespers with the final chorus accompanying the Scouts as they headed off to their tents. Little did they know that the temperature was going to plunge to 20 degrees that night. We awoke to a sunrise without snow and a frigid 21 degrees. With the sun blanketing the area it did not feel as cold as the thermometer reported. After breakfast and clean-up we conducted our usual roses and thorns evaluation of the weekend. Introduced to this were about 18 first time participants. Of the 43 attendees present only about one-third had a thorn. And of those most had to do with the weather. And finally our chaplain’s aide, Noah, led us in a fine vespers service. All in all this was a very successful trip which tested the mettle of all present. As one new dad said “I do a lot of outdoor activities in the cold, especially deer hunting, and I have never been this cold for this long.” The real test will be to see who attends the next trip. Next up … the Eastern District Camporee. Welcome to New Scout and Committee Members – February 23, 2013 Michael Rook is a fifth grade student who joins us from Pack 50. He is the son of Todd and Susan Rice. Also joining the Troop committee:
Backpacking on the Butterfield Hiking Trail – Devil’s Den S.P. - February 8-10, 2013 A most strenuous trail was hiked by the Scouts of Troop 48 this weekend. Thirteen miles, over two days, were hiked making it the longest weekend hike in over two decades. The Butterfield Hiking Trail is named after one of the longest running stagecoach routes in the history of America, the Butterfield Overland Stage. (It ran from 1858 to 1861 connecting Tipton, Missouri with San Francisco.) Located in extreme northwest Arkansas, near Fayetteville, this hike challenged most who attended. We arrived after 10 p.m. on Friday, set up our tents and went straight to bed. Reveille found us waking up in the dark but to a pretty day. After breakfast, securing backcountry passes and shuttling vehicles, we hit the trail at 10:00 a.m. The terrain included lots of ups and downs and an elevation climb of about 500 feet. At the top of the ridge we made camp as the rain began and we thought it was best to get settled before the expected storms. By 7 p.m. most everyone was in bed. Later, Logan was heard to say that he received twelve hours of sleep and slept until reveille. But that was not the case with all, as a group, having received 9 hours of sleep, began talking loudly at 4 a.m. They later regretted their actions. At our appointed time to get up it was pouring rain so we slept in another 30 minutes hoping the storm would pass. It mostly did by 6 a.m. A little after 8 a.m. we were on the trail and looking to hike five miles in about 1 ½ to two hours. But with slippery rocks, more ups and downs and the appropriately named “Hell’s half mile of the Butterfield Hiking Trail” it took us 2 ½ hours. During that time we descended almost 500 feet from where we had slept. It was a strenuous and long hiking trail. Longer than what we usually hike. When we arrived back at the church I asked all assembled if anyone was without pain and not a person responded in the affirmative. When young men feel the affects you know it was tough. Mr. Snyder summed it up best when he said that he felt he had hiked the entire trail on Sunday morning. Welcome to Nine New Scouts – February 13, 2013 Seven former Webelo Scouts plus two boys “off the street” have joined Troop 48 over the last month. Two “New” Scout patrols will be formed for these and several other new Scouts. Please welcome the following to the Troop:
Scout Sunday – January 27, 2013 Troop 48 assembled at Faith Presbyterian Church to give praise to God and thanks to the congregation. Before the service members of the Troop gathered for the annual Troop and patrol photos. Be sure to check the Photos section of the Web site for how we look this year. Welcome to New Member of Troop 48 - Alex Vietzke Alex is the son of Steve and Becky Vietzke and is a 5th grader at Collierville Elementary School. He was recruited by Mr. Brent Snyder. A Wet Weekend in West-Tennessee – Pinecrest in Moscow, Tenn. What was billed as a team-building camping weekend will go down in the books as the Troop’s wettest camping weekend in a long time. Both the duration and quantity is what did it. After having no rain for the past three trips I guess we were due. But first a recap of the team-building portion of the trip. The Patrol Leaders’ Council planned this trip as a team-building opportunity as three of our Scouts had taken the National Youth Leadership Training course in 2012. The three, Josh, Hayden and Tristan, planned the entire program themselves. In fact, it was quite impressive watching these three sketch out an agenda and make assignments. In the end, they presented a top-notch program. So let me tell you about their instruction. Friday night began with the patrols being broken up and assigned to one of three teams. Next, there was a short presentation on the four stages of team development: Forming, Storming, Norming and Performing. (Right out of the corporate America training handbook.) Then the Scouts were free for the rest of the evening. And what a beautiful night it was. The temperature was about 65 degrees and the sky was cloudy. (It was beautiful for a January evening.) But we knew that the storm front was coming our way so we hung our dining flys and hoped that the rain would hold off until after Saturday afternoon. Sleeping that night was quite comfortable as the low was only 57 degrees and the rain stayed away. Saturday arrived cloudy and we received short intermittent showers. The temperature was around 70 degrees most of the day. So, for the fourth month in a row our camping trip experienced above average temperatures. But we were in for a very wet Sunday…. During Saturday the Scouts participated in several PowerPoint presentations, pitched tents while blind-folded, designed pioneering projects, played team-building games, made paper airplanes and rotated team leaders. All the while the trainers kept score to see who would be the winning team. After dinner we had downtime and a showing of the movie Tron. By 10 p.m. most headed to bed to get some shuteye before the expected storm arrived. As we went to bed the wind was blowing from the southwest. A few hours later the lightening began and then we heard the thunder and then the rain came in. And it stayed. At 5 a.m. the Scouts were roused to construct their pioneering projects. With a temperature of 51 degrees, the Scouts were plied with hot cocoa and breakfast bars and soon most were up. With the rain still upon us the pioneering project was moved indoors. After ninety minutes the Scouts returned to their campsites to begin their breakfast preparation. For the rest of the morning the rain continued, which made for a very wet striking of the campsite. The rain also separated the true Scout campers from the still learning-to-camp Scouts. The former were still dry while the latter needed more practice on being prepared. Before we departed Noah, our chaplain aide, led us in a vespers service which was followed by our roses and thorns. It had not rained on a camping weekend since September. And the subsequent weekends enjoyed far better weather than we deserved for that time of year. We reveled in the weather of those trips and did not utter the “R” word for fear it would jinx us. But our good luck ran out. In the end it was a learning opportunity for those not prepared. And there was no better place to learn it than just 40 minutes east of our meeting place. Here’s hoping the February 8-10 are dry days. Directory: docs docs -> Application for acem docs -> Observational Assessment of Teaching Practices Teaching Assessment Initiative Proposal Submitted to The Teachers for a New Era project docs -> Traditional British values docs -> From Warfighters to Crimefighters: The Origins of Domestic Police Militarization docs -> Borzoi Club of America Register of Merit Program I. What is a Register Of Merit docs -> Protecting the rights of the child in the context of migration docs -> United Nations E/C. 12/Esp/5 docs -> 9th May 1950 the schuman declaration docs -> Getting To Outcomes® in Services for Homeless Veterans 10 Steps for Achieving Accountability Download 398.14 Kb. Share with your friends:
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